Washing-machine



(No Model.)

G. C. DAVIS. WASHING MACHINE.

Patented Sept. 13, 1892.

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WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 482,341, dated September 13, 1892.

Application tiled October 28, 1891. Serial No. 410,085. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES CHRISTOPHER DAVIS, of Mercer, in the county of Union and State of South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing- Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in washing-machines; and it consists in certain novel features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts which will be fully described hereinafter, and more particularly referred to in the annexed claims.

The object of my invention is to construct a machine in which the clothes to be washed are subjected to the action of a series of reciprocatin g plates which engage the said clothes near their surface and cause them to rotate in the machine and so change their relative positions that all parts thereof are brought in contact with the agitators and cleansed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, the outer tank being shown in section. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line X X of Fig. 1.

A represents the outer shell or tank, having an outlet A at its bottom, as shown. Journaled on the outer side of this tank is a crankwheel B, which meshes with a pinion C, mounted on a shaft D, journaled across the top of the tank A and journaled in bearing E, formed on the upper edge of the tank A. Upon the outer end of this shaft is secured a balance-wheel D. The inner frame F is supported within the tank A by means of the bent-over edges F,which engage the ends of the tank A. The forward or front edge E is formed into a hasp, which engages a projection on the tank A, as shown, and prevents the inner frame from moving vertically, which movement would disengage the gear-wheels.

Formed upon the shaft D at the points where the said shaft crosses the space between the tank A and frame F are the cranks G, and connected to these cranks at their upper ends are the arms H, which are loosely connected at their lower ends to the oscillating frame I. The rear portion of the frame E is inclosed to form substantially a cylinder, and formed in the lower surface of this cylindrical portion in step order are three or more slots or passages J and the said passages may be made as deep or as great as desired.

Pivoted to trunnions formed on the outer side of the frame F is the oscillating frame I, which is adapted to move around the outer side of the cylindrical portion of the frame E, and secured thereto are a series of curved strikers or plates L, which reciprocate back and forth through the passages J and engage the under surface of the clothes contained in the frame, causing them to have a circular movement therein and so change their relative pcsitions as to cause those near the center of the cylinder to be worked to the outer side and in contact with the said plates, thus thoroughly striking and cleansing all the articles contained in the machine. Three plates or strikers are here shown; but any number may be used that may be desired and they may be arranged any desired distance apart with reference to their relative position either vertically or laterally. Vhen the plates L are in their extreme outward position, their edges are still within the slots J, so that there is no tendency to draw the articles of clothing out of the machine through the said slots.

The forward end of the frame E is formed into a tank M, which communicates by means of a valved opening N with the tank A, as shown in Fig. 3. Arranged over the tank M is a removable tank portion O, which communicates with the tank M by means of an opening P, which is closed by a valve Q, which turns on a projecting pipe-section R, secured in the bottom of the portion O. Extending down through this pipe is the rod S, and secured to the lower end thereof is a valve, by means of which Vthe opening N is closed. These tanks are adapted to contain either hot or cold water for use in the tank A, and the same may be admitted therein at .any time by means of the above-described valves, the valve in the tank M being very conveniently operated by the rod S. The rear portion of the machine is provided with a removable cover T, as shown.

This machine is equally effectual in either IOO Washing o1' rinsing clothes, and the same may be very successfully blued by the same operation, so complete is the agitation of the clothes by the plates L.

Having thus described my invention, I claim-`` l. In a Washing-machine, the combination, with an outer tank and a removable receptacle adapted to t within said tank and which is provided with a slotted apartment, of an oscillating frame within the tank, agitators on said frame which reciprocate in the slots of the said apartment, a crank-shaft liournaled on the said receptacle, and arms connecting the said frame with the shaft, substantially as shown and described.

' 2. In a Washing-machine, the combination,

with an outer tank and cylindrical receptacle therein provided with aseries of slotsarranged i' in step order, of a frame pivoted to the ceni ters of the receptacle sides, a series of curved outer side of the said receptacle, a series of4 agtators or plates adapted to reciprocate through the said openings, a crank-shaft, and arms connecting the said shaft and oscillating frame, the parts being combined to operyate substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES CHRISTOPHER DAVIS.

Witnesses:

J. A. PEARsoN, WILLIAM PHILLIPS. 

